Scrapping Article 370 was ‘marital rape’, assault on faith of J&K, says PDP’s Naeem Akhtar
Srinagar: Senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and former cabinet minister of Jammu and Kashmir Naeem Akhtar Monday said the decisions taken by the Narendra Modi government, including scrapping of Article 370 and the Citizenship Amendment Act, have rekindled the Hindu versus Muslim discourse, and created a ‘South Asian Ummah’ (Muslim unity), extending from Khyber (in Pakistan) to Chittagong in […]
High-powered panel will take call on restoration of 4G internet services in J&K: L-G
Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir GC Murmu has clarified that the committee constituted to study the matter regarding the restoration of 4G internet services in Jammu and Kashmir will take an “appropriate decision”. “The panel will take a 360-degree view of the situation,” Murmu told The Tribune in an interview on Monday evening. Amidst all speculations and […]
PDP greets people on Urs Shah-e-Hamdan
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has felicitated the people of Jammu and Kashmir on the annual Urs of the revered Sufi saint Syed Ali Hamadani (R.A). In a felicitation message, the PDP spokesman said that Shah-e-Hamadan not only changed the history of Kashmir but also the future of Kashmiris for good. The spokesman added that the […]
SAS Geelani honored with Pakistan’s highest civilian award
The Pakistani Senate on Monday unanimously passed a resolution conferring the country’s highest civilian award, Nishan-e-Pakistan, on Kashmiri Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, besides proposing an engineering university in his name Times of India reported. The resolution was moved by Jamaat-i-Islami senator Mushtaq Ahmad and passed unanimously with a voice vote. The Senate also decided to […]
Pakistan army shells 2 sectors along LoC in Poonch
The Pakistan army resorted to heavy firing and mortar shelling in forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, prompting Indian troops to retaliate effectively, officials said on Tuesday. The ceasefire was violated by Pakistan for the eighth consecutive day on Tuesday, officials said, adding that there have been […]
How the cold will alter the India-China power equation next month in Ladakh
On June 15 evening when the Indian Army troops clashed with People’s Liberation Army (PLA) at Galwan, the temperature of the river was close to zero (and below it in some places) and a large number of troops on both sides fatally succumbed to hypoxia (low oxygen levels because of the altitude) and hypothermia (excessive […]
Situation in J&K has turned from bad to worse: Dr. Kamal
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Monday said the measures that were undertaken on 5th of august last year, and since then pose a fundamental threat to the interests of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. According to statement issued to KNS, Party additional general secretary Sheikh Mustafa Kamal said, “Situation in Kashmir has turned […]
Won’t extend Kashmir Bar Association chief Abdul Qayoom’s detention beyond Aug 6, government tells SC
The government on Monday told the Supreme Court that Kashmir Bar Association president Mian Abdul Qayoom’s detention would not be extended beyond August 6 even as his lawyers demanded his immediate release. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed a Bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul that Qayoom’s current detention under the Jammu and Kashmir Public […]
Decision taken for restoration of statehood on 15th Aug, 4G on 5th Aug; is an already decided matter taken by GOI, Tariq Karra quoting a highly connected source
Without naming anyone, Senior Congress leader Tariq Hamid Karra today tweeted, quotind a highly connected friend who said to Tariq Karra, ” that parroting by some Political leaders for restoration of Statehood is a precursor to the already taken decesion by ‘chosen’ few.” Congress leader wrote in his tweet that, ” A highly connected friend […]
Release political leaders, activists and restore communication network: CPI (M)
CPI (M) on Monday in a statement issued to KNS said “Even after nearly a year of the unconstitutional abrogation of Article 370 and 35(A), large-scale detention of hundreds of people including all prominent political leaders, the virtual disruption of regular socio-economic life of the people and curtailing communication network, the situation continues to remain […]